Iran Optimistic as Istanbul Talks Begin
US Insists Complete Lack of Progress
Negotiators for the Iranian government and the P5+1 went on throughout the day today, with 14 hours of serious talks ending with Iran reporting they are “optimistic” about progress in diplomacy.
US officials, on the other hand, insisted that there had been no real progress made over the course of the first day, though they would “hold off” on declaring the talks a failure until they end tomorrow.
Already the talks lasted far longer than the talks in Geneva, which ended after just a few hours with only an agreement on holding the current round of talks in Istanbul. It remains to be seen if a third round will come after this one.
It seems unlikely, however, that Iran will agree to an additional round without some serious progress, as US officials angrily condemned Iran for agreeing to the current talks, saying they proved they were trying to delay the process.
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lipservice101
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:10 am
This is all propaganda lies of nonsense like in IRAQ. Iran has no nuclear weapons program.
For about 12 years, Israel has claimed that Iran will have a nuclear bomb within 6 months or a year.
The USA constantly issues accusations about Iran's "nuclear weapons" but to this day, has not produced one shred of evidence to support those accusations.
So, why should one believe anything they say now? any potential delay in it is just imaginary.
WikiLeaks – A fabricated conspiracy of nonstop propaganda lies to isolate Iran from other Muslim nations for US's benefits on behalf of unbreakable bond Israel.
While Ambassadors to the U.N. atomic energy agency from Egypt, Cuba, Syria, Algeria, Venezuela, Oman and the Arab League accepted the invitations BUT Russia, China and the European Union refused the Iranian invitation SHOWS ALL ACCUSATIONS AGAINST IRAN ARE BIASED, HAVE NO MERIT WHATSOEVER.
furthermore, new york time reported The Dimona complex in the Negev desert is famous as the heavily guarded heart of Israel’s never-acknowledged nuclear arms program, where neat rows of factories make atomic fuel for the arsenal, BUT US JUST KEEPS QUITE.